Stuyvesant Heights is a great area. They have beautiful brownstones with a lot of details. There are 2 that are available on Macon street. go to www.johnnizer.postlets.com and view the 2 houses.

Posted by: johnnizer at January 15, 2008 1:12 AM in response to Where should we live?

OP: The houses in Ditmas are actually more than $1.2 million. Because when they're listed as little as $1.2 million they need a ton of work. We were interested in that area too, until we went to open houses for $1.2 million houses and saw they needed at least $300,000 work just for basics, like new roof and shingles, new mechanics, gutting the kitchen, and gutting a bad wood paneled basement and adding a much needed bathroom on the 2nd floor. You could easily spend $400,000-$500,000 on that actually.

Posted by: guest at January 15, 2008 12:15 PM in response to Where should we live?